Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Looking for examples of software coho use to manage

[Diana Carroll (dianaecarroll]

Fred says:

There are two cohousing/intentional community specific software
> suites -- Gather and Mosaic.
> Note: IMHO, they both have problematic names -- names that do not
> identify them very well and I find hard to remember.  Since both use
> common English words for their name they are easily confused with
> other uses of the words/names. Try searching the web for either
> without including "cohousing" in the search spec...


Yeah, really really don't love that name.

Diana,
from Mosaic Commons cohousing (commonly known simply as "Mosaic")

On Sat, Jan 6, 2024 at 11:24 AM Fred H Olson <fholson [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> There are two cohousing/intentional community specific software
> suites -- Gather and Mosaic.
>
> Note: IMHO, they both have problematic names -- names that do not
> identify them very well and I find hard to remember.  Since both use
> common English words for their name they are easily confused with
> other uses of the words/names. Try searching the web for either
> without including "cohousing" in the search spec...
>
> Both are open source (about "open source:
>  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software )
> Both are developed by people who live in cohousing, both are
>  Cohousing-L subscribers.
> Both suites can be self hosted but I suspect most communites
> will opt for using them hosted at the developer.
> They have different "business models".
>  "Mosaic is free. We'll host your site for free"
>  Gather hosted by Gather is on a subscription basis. $1 - $3 /member/month
>
> Mosaic  https://cohousing.site/ (formerly / aka http://zenlunatics.org )
> principal developer: Sean Davey <sean [at] sonoracohousing.com>
>
> Gather https://info.gather.coop  Worker-Owner Coop
> principal developer:  Tom Smyth <tomtomsmyth.ca>
>
> Both have been discussed on Cohousing-L quite a bit.
> Search the cohousing-L archives
> (at http://lists.cohousing.org/archives/cohousing-L/ or via
> links at the bottom of every message )
> for example:
> gather mosaic software             ( 37 hits)
> gather or mosaic and software      ( 751 hits)
>
> There is a mailing list Discussion group on software programs for
> cohousing that was active in mid 2022 with little since. It's archives
> are for subscribers only.  https://groups.io/g/CommunityRootCellar
>
> Fred Olson for Cohousing-L admin team <cohousing-L-owner [at] cohousing.org>
>
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>      Email:        fholson at cohousing.org      612-588-9532
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